The English Football Thread

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Joe Willock is on absolute fucking fire at NUFC

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Big Sam RIPPING corruption in PGMOL

my new hero 😍

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Wednesday May 19 2021 Matt Law's Chelsea briefing

Top-four finish goes down to wire again - but Tuchel can ensure fans rest easier next season By Matt Law, Football News Correspondent Chelsea’s bid to qualify for the Champions League has gone to the wire for a third successive season. But there is evidence to suggest they should not have to shred the nerves of their supporters for a fourth campaign. Qualification for Europe’s top competition is the minimum requirement at Stamford Bridge and yet Chelsea have fallen into a habit of making it difficult for themselves. Owner Roman Abramovich does not want Chelsea to turn into an Arsenal or a Tottenham Hotspur, where Champions League qualification became a cause for end-of-season celebration. So head coach Thomas Tuchel must ensure that qualification becomes the consequence of a title challenge, or at least a season spent comfortably inside the top four. Tuchel has done brilliantly to reignite Chelsea’s season since his appointment and there is more than enough evidence to suggest qualification should be assured rather more easily and earlier in future. Under Tuchel, Chelsea would currently be second in the Premier League table, four points behind Manchester City and eight above Leeds, who were the fourth-placed team ahead of Liverpool’s trip to Burnley tonight. During his 18 league games in charge, Tuchel’s side have amassed 38 points, which is even seven more than Manchester United, who would be in third place over the same time period. Chelsea have not managed to hit or better the 80-point mark since they last won the title under Antonio Conte, but if Tuchel maintained his record over the course of an entire 38-game season then they would have a good chance of doing so. Champions City currently have 83 points and the winning total has been much higher in each of the past three campaigns (Liverpool won with 99 points and City with 98 and 100 points), which shows Tuchel still has some work to do. It is not hard to identify where Chelsea need to improve, as, under Tuchel, they have scored fewer league goals than seven of their Premier League rivals and are tied with Newcastle United on 24 goals. Their goals against record of only having conceded 11 times is by some distance the best in the division during Tuchel’s time in charge, but, of the top nine clubs, only Manchester United have drawn more games. Chelsea will have to turn a good proportion of their five draws into victories if they are to mount a real title challenge under Tuchel next season. City have drawn five over the course of this campaign, while Liverpool last season only drew three and City drew four in each of their title-winning seasons before that. Should the league revert to the trend of the three seasons prior to this, then Chelsea may well need to move away from the three at the back formation that has served Tuchel so well if they are to keep up with City, United and Liverpool. That is no doubt a decision Tuchel will wrestle with over the summer and Chelsea fans currently long for the days when their last handful of Premier League games had been rendered meaningless. Got a question on Chelsea? Get in touch on Twitter @Matt_Law_DT or by emailing [email protected]     The week at Chelsea Top four hunt: Antonio Rudiger says Chelsea had to 'punish' Leicester after FA Cup final 'disrespect' Bust-up: How Chelsea and Leicester delivered the perfect touchline brawl Inside Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea: A Spanish banquet, small footballs and 'The Captain Class' Cesar Azpilicueta: Versatile, consistent and successful - captain is the modern day Mr Chelsea

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11 hours ago, Jas said:

LOL

THE THING WAS MEANT TO BE A JOKE (with some truth on the results).

Slow as a coach, me.

Other day I was chatting to a member of staff outside a care home. About to go inside, so i started to search my pockets for my face mask, couldn't find it so i asked the carer if she could give me one. She laughed and pointed to my neck. Lol.

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more shithousery incoming 😡

https://twitter.com/CFCDaily/status/1395314086607560708?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1395314086607560708|twgr^|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FCFCDaily2Fstatus2F1395314086607560708widget%3DTweet

Edited May 20, 2021 by Johnnyeye

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1 hour ago, Johnnyeye said:

more shithousery incoming 😡

https://twitter.com/CFCDaily/status/1395314086607560708?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1395314086607560708|twgr^|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FCFCDaily2Fstatus2F1395314086607560708widget%3DTweet

Was always gonna be so one way or the other. Pool guarantted a win, and our VAR ref is from EFL and has all his life been a VAR ref 3 times.......we are fucked.

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2 hours ago, Atomiswave said:

Was always gonna be so one way or the other. Pool guarantted a win, and our VAR ref is from EFL and has all his life been a VAR ref 3 times.......we are fucked.

mate, this is just beyond ridiculous at this point

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1 hour ago, Johnnyeye said:

mate, this is just beyond ridiculous at this point

Its way beyond that brother, did you see how they pushed pool vs WB? Daylight robbery to get one of their darlings in CL. Look at udt last season and this season......pushed to be in top4, others not only have to fight for it like old days but also has to content with these corrupt bastards as well.....perfect example is Chels.

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21 minutes ago, Atomiswave said:

Its way beyond that brother, did you see how they pushed pool vs WB? Daylight robbery to get one of their darlings in CL. Look at udt last season and this season......pushed to be in top4, others not only have to fight for it like old days but also has to content with these corrupt bastards as well.....perfect example is Chels.

Its disgusting. 

The only consolidation is that we're not the only group of fans seeing this obvious corruption. Even the fans who support United and Liverpool are agreeing with a cheeky grin on their faces because they know they are getting away with murder.

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I have a feeling we are going to miss on top four in Sunday.

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9 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

I have a feeling we are going to miss on top four in Sunday.

I think stupid results will come back to haunt us..hopefully wrong but...